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| 02/04/25 - Home | 67-61 W |
| 02/24/24 - Home | 42-63 L |
| 01/23/24 - Home | 54-44 W |
| 12/12/23 - Away | 41-53 L |
| 01/31/23 - Home | 50-52 L |
| + 5 more games |
Chesapeake and Ironton are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Chesapeake Panthers will square off against the Ironton Fighting Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.
Last Friday, Chesapeake was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 55-49 to Fairland.
Meanwhile, Ironton was able to grind out a solid victory over Wheelersburg on Saturday, taking the game 67-60. Given the Fighting Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Pirates are ranked 308th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win made it two in a row for Ironton and bumps their season record up to 12-6. As for Chesapeake, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 11-1 and their overall record down to 18-2.
Chesapeake didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Ironton when the teams last played on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 67-61 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Chesapeake since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
